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35 Creative Ways to Take Your Love of Flamin' Hot Cheetos to the Next Level

Jan 8 2015 - 5:30pm

I'm a huge fan of Flamin' Hot Cheetos. During college, there was a full bag in the pantry and an "emergency stash" in my bedside table at all times; I'm being totally serious when I say that Hot Cheetos helped me graduate! Even today, I consider myself a Cheetos connoisseur. It's shocking that I'm writing this article without the damning evidence of Flamin' Hot Cheetos consumption — red fingertips — staining my laptop's keyboard.

In search of recipes that incorporated my favorite snack, I stumbled into the realm of truly diehard Cheetos fandom. While I spent years naively relishing the taste of Flamin' Hots in an unadulterated state, wiser folks have added Cheetos into everything from breakfast to dessert. Trust me when I say these 35 unique ways are just the tip of the iceberg.

Flamin' Hot Cheetos in a pepper grinder to use as a general food seasoning

Hot Cheetos onion rings

Spicy trail mix with Cheetos

Dill pickle chips tossed with Flamin' Hot Cheetos [27], as pictured at the top of the post (I tried this, and it was an interesting flavor. The sour and spicy combine in a way that might just make me adopt this as my new midnight snack!)